Mubi, the art house streamer and theatrical distributor, has acquired the North American rights to “Lingui, The Sacred Bonds” out of the Cannes Film Festival.
“Lingui” is an abortion drama from the country of Chad and is directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, and the film premiered last week in the main competition for the festival as it competes for the Palme D’Or.
Mubi also acquired the UK, Ireland, Latin America and Turkey distribution rights to the film.
“Lingui, The Sacred Bonds” is set in the outskirts of N’Djamena in Chad, where a Muslim woman named Amina lives alone with her 15-year-old daughter Maria and who discovers that her teenage daughter is pregnant and does not want this pregnancy. In a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law, Amina finds herself facing a battle that seems lost in advance.
Haroun also wrote the screenplay,...
“Lingui” is an abortion drama from the country of Chad and is directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, and the film premiered last week in the main competition for the festival as it competes for the Palme D’Or.
Mubi also acquired the UK, Ireland, Latin America and Turkey distribution rights to the film.
“Lingui, The Sacred Bonds” is set in the outskirts of N’Djamena in Chad, where a Muslim woman named Amina lives alone with her 15-year-old daughter Maria and who discovers that her teenage daughter is pregnant and does not want this pregnancy. In a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law, Amina finds herself facing a battle that seems lost in advance.
Haroun also wrote the screenplay,...
- 7/13/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Mubi, the London-based streamer and theatrical distributor, has acquired North America, U.K. and more territories on Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s “Lingui, The Sacred Bonds,” a highlight of the Cannes Film Festival competition.
The powerful Chadian abortion drama has received unanimous critical praise and is being talked about as a potential Palme d’Or winner at the midpoint of the festival. On top of the U.S. and the U.K., Mubi has acquired the film for Ireland, Latin America and Turkey.
Penned by Haroun, “Lingui, The Sacred Bonds” is set on the outskirts of N’djamena in Chad, where Amina lives with her 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her fragile world collapses when she discovers that her daughter is pregnant and does not want the pregnancy, in a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law.
The film explores a bond between a mother and her daughter,...
The powerful Chadian abortion drama has received unanimous critical praise and is being talked about as a potential Palme d’Or winner at the midpoint of the festival. On top of the U.S. and the U.K., Mubi has acquired the film for Ireland, Latin America and Turkey.
Penned by Haroun, “Lingui, The Sacred Bonds” is set on the outskirts of N’djamena in Chad, where Amina lives with her 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her fragile world collapses when she discovers that her daughter is pregnant and does not want the pregnancy, in a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law.
The film explores a bond between a mother and her daughter,...
- 7/13/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The film is a drama about abortion in a country where it is illegal.
Leading arthouse sales agent Films Boutique has taken world rights to Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s Lingui, The Sacred Bonds, increasing its roster of Competition titles from this year’s Cannes festival.
The film was written and directed by Haroun and produced by Florence Stern from French production company Pili Films, in association with Beluga Tree and Made in Germany Filmproduktion.
It is set on the outskirts of N’djamena in Chad, where Amina lives with her 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her fragile world collapses when she discovers that...
Leading arthouse sales agent Films Boutique has taken world rights to Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s Lingui, The Sacred Bonds, increasing its roster of Competition titles from this year’s Cannes festival.
The film was written and directed by Haroun and produced by Florence Stern from French production company Pili Films, in association with Beluga Tree and Made in Germany Filmproduktion.
It is set on the outskirts of N’djamena in Chad, where Amina lives with her 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her fragile world collapses when she discovers that...
- 6/3/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Lingui
Chad’s most notable director, Mahamat Saleh-Haroun, is readying his eighth feature, Lingui, produced by Florence Stern, Diana Elbaum and Melanie Andernach. The French-German co-production was penned by Saleh-Haroun, and was also financed by France’s Cnc in early 2019. Cast has not yet been announced. Saleh-Haroun received accolades out the gate with his 1999 documentary Bye Bye Africa, which received a Special Mention out of Venice for Best First Feature. He returned to Venice in 2006 with Dry Season, which won the Special Jury Prize. The Directors’ Fortnight programmed his 2002 film Our Father (aka Abouna) and he competed in Cannes with 2010’s A Screaming Man (winning the Jury Prize) and again in 2013 with Grisgris, Cannes also programmed his documentary Hissein Habre, A Chadian Tragedy as a Special Screening in 2015, while his 2017 feature A Season in France starring Sandrine Bonnaire premiered in Toronto.…...
Chad’s most notable director, Mahamat Saleh-Haroun, is readying his eighth feature, Lingui, produced by Florence Stern, Diana Elbaum and Melanie Andernach. The French-German co-production was penned by Saleh-Haroun, and was also financed by France’s Cnc in early 2019. Cast has not yet been announced. Saleh-Haroun received accolades out the gate with his 1999 documentary Bye Bye Africa, which received a Special Mention out of Venice for Best First Feature. He returned to Venice in 2006 with Dry Season, which won the Special Jury Prize. The Directors’ Fortnight programmed his 2002 film Our Father (aka Abouna) and he competed in Cannes with 2010’s A Screaming Man (winning the Jury Prize) and again in 2013 with Grisgris, Cannes also programmed his documentary Hissein Habre, A Chadian Tragedy as a Special Screening in 2015, while his 2017 feature A Season in France starring Sandrine Bonnaire premiered in Toronto.…...
- 1/3/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: Eriq Ebouaney and Sandrine Bonnaire to co-star in asylum seeker love story.
MK2 Films has taken on world sales of Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s [pictured] upcoming drama A Season In France.
Eriq Ebouaney and Sandrine Bonnaire have signed to co-star in the film revolving around the relationship between an asylum seeker and a French woman.
Ebouaney – who was recently seen in Bastille Day – plays Abbas, a widower and teacher from the war-torn Central African Republic seeking asylum in France. Awaiting a decision on his application, he works in a food market on the outskirts of Paris to support his two young children.
Bonnaire will play Carole, a French woman who falls in love with Abbas and offers him a home.
Florence Stern of Paris-based Pili Films is producing the film, which is due to shoot in Paris and Northern France this October.
The production marks Haroun’s first feature shot in France after dramas set in...
MK2 Films has taken on world sales of Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s [pictured] upcoming drama A Season In France.
Eriq Ebouaney and Sandrine Bonnaire have signed to co-star in the film revolving around the relationship between an asylum seeker and a French woman.
Ebouaney – who was recently seen in Bastille Day – plays Abbas, a widower and teacher from the war-torn Central African Republic seeking asylum in France. Awaiting a decision on his application, he works in a food market on the outskirts of Paris to support his two young children.
Bonnaire will play Carole, a French woman who falls in love with Abbas and offers him a home.
Florence Stern of Paris-based Pili Films is producing the film, which is due to shoot in Paris and Northern France this October.
The production marks Haroun’s first feature shot in France after dramas set in...
- 7/4/2016
- ScreenDaily
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